The Council on Quality Care monitors developments and carries out activities to ensure that the highest standards and quality of care remain integral parts of the APA mission.

Highlights of Responsibilities

Monitor and participate in initiatives and disseminate information in the following areas:

• Quality indicators (national quality measurement enterprise)
• Standards and survey procedures (national accrediting bodies)
• Psychotherapy by psychiatrists
• Patient safety
• Practice guidelines (Committee on Practice Guidelines)
• Electronic health records (Committee on Mental Health Information Technology)

Finally, the Council is charged with overseeing various APA awards, fellowships, and components such as committees, task forces, and workgroups that fall within its purview. Specific content areas of importance to the quality of psychiatric care may be represented by membership on the Council in the absence of a formal APA component.

Committees

• Committee on Mental Health Information Technology
• Committee on Quality and Performance Measurement
• Committee on Practice Guidelines

Council Members

• Carol Alter, M.D. – Chair
• Margaret Balfour, M.D., Ph.D.
• Jacob Behrens, M.D. (ECP)
• Jaqueline Hobbs, M.D.
• Ray Hsiao, M.D. (ASM)
• Grayson S. Norquist, M.D.
• Kathryn Ridout, M.D., Ph.D.
• Bella Schanzer, M.D.
• Matthew Schneider, M.D., Ph.D.
• Maga Triche-Jackson, M.D.
• Eric Vanderlip, M.D., M.P.H.
• Bonnie Zima, M.D., M.P.H.

Corresponding Member

• Daniel Anzia, M.D. - Committee on Practice Guidelines, Chair
• John Torous, M.D.

Fellows

• Natalie Feldman, M.D. – APA/APAF Leadership Fellow
• H. Yavuz Ince, M.D. – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow
• Youngjung Kim M.D., Ph.D. – Leadership Fellow
• Niesha Voigt, M.D. – SAMHSA Minority Fellow

Staff Liaison

Lori Whitaker, [email protected]